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Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President greets the nation on the eve of Quit India Movement Day
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has greeted the nation on the eve of the anniversary of Quit India Movement Day. Following is the full text of the message -
“I convey my warm greetings and best wishes to all our citizens on the anniversary of Quit India Movement Day. The movement started with Gandhiji exhorting the countrymen with his powerful slogan, ‘do or die’ which infused a new energy into our independence movement and eventually forced the British to leave India
in 1947.
On this occasion, let us remember the countless sacrifices made by the brave sons and daughters of India who participated in the Quit India Movement to free India from the colonial rule.
Today, let us also rededicate ourselves to eradicating poverty, illiteracy, inequality, corruption and social evils like casteism, communalism and gender discrimination from India.
Indian civilisation is rooted in the foundational values of ‘share and care’. This should be our guiding light as we foster harmony, brotherhood, mutual respect and shared responsibility in our society.
We must remember that despite all the differences in the way we dress, the
language we speak or the religion we practice, we are all Indians first and we should be proud of that. This beautiful land is for each and every one of us and we are together in this journey of creating a better tomorrow.
Let us welcome our ‘Bharatheeyata’ back into our lives - be it in the use of our
mother tongue, attire and respect for Indian traditions.
Let us take strides together for a more inclusive, confident Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Jai Hind!”
Following is the Hindi text of the message:
“"भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन दिवस" के पावन अवसर पर सभी देशवासियों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं देता हूं। इस ऐतिहासिक दिन 1942 में गांधी जी ने देशवासियों को "करो या मरो" का अमर मंत्र दिया था जिसने स्वाधीनता आंदोलन में नई जान फूंक दी और अंग्रेजों को अंततः 1947 में भारत छोड़ने पर विवश होना पड़ा।
इस अवसर पर भारत के उन वीर सपूतों और बेटियों की असंख्य कुर्बानियों को याद करें जिन्होंने भारत को औपनिवेशिक शासन से मुक्त कराने के लिए "भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन" में हिस्सा लिया।
आज हम भारत को गरीबी, अशिक्षा, असमानता, भ्रष्टाचार, जातिवाद, सांप्रदायिकता और लैंगिक भेदभाव जैसी सामाजिक कुरीतियों से मुक्त करने के लिए पुनः प्रतिबद्ध हों।
भारत की सभ्यता "सेवा और सद्भाव" के सनातन मूल्यों पर आधारित है और आज जब हम समाज में आपसी सौहार्द, भाईचारे, परस्पर सम्मान और साझा दायित्वों की भावना को बढ़ाने के प्रयास कर रहे हैं, तब यही सिद्धांत हमारा मार्गदर्शन करेंगे।
हम याद रखें कि हमारी वेशभूषा, भाषा और धार्मिक आस्थाओं में भिन्नता होने के बावजूद, हम "भारतीय" सबसे पहले हैं और हमें इसका गर्व होना चाहिए। ये सुंदर, समृद्ध भूमि हममें से हर किसी की है और एक बेहतर भविष्य के लिए अपनी यात्रा में हम सब साथ हैं।
आइए हम अपने जीवन में "भारतीयता" का स्वागत करें - चाहे वो मातृभाषा का प्रयोग हो या फिर पारंपरिक पहनावा, आइए भारतीय परंपराओं का आदर करें।
एक समावेशी, आत्मविश्वास से परिपूर्ण, आत्मनिर्भर भारत के लिए साथ साथ कदम बढ़ाएं।
जय हिंद!”
Ministry of Defence
Curtain Raiser: Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019
As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas - 2019 is being conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord, Washington, USA from 05-18 September 2019. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is one of the largest joint running military training and defence corporation endeavors between India and USA. This will be the 15th edition of the joint exercise hosted alternately between the two countries.
Exercise Yudh Abhyas will provide an opportunity to the armed forces of both countries to train in an integrated manner at Battalion level with joint planning at Brigade level. Multiple scenarios will be rehearsed during the joint exercise with a view to understand each other's organisational structure and battle procedures which would result in a higher degree of jointmanship that would further facilitate interoperability between the armed forces of both countries to meet any unforeseen contingency across the globe. The exercise is also an ideal platform to learn from each other's expertise and experiences of planning and execution of operations.
Both armies will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well developed operations for neutralization of threats of varied nature. ln the end a joint exercise will be undertaken by both countries in an operational setting under a UN mandate. Experts from both sides will hold expert academic and military discussions to share each other's experiences on varied topics for mutual benefit.
Col Aman Anand
PRO 
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PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- Over 135cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 87,562
- Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.25%; Lowest since March 2020
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.38%; Highest since March 2020
- 8,168 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,41,46,931
- 6,984 new cases in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 72 days
- Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 31 days
- 65.88 cr Total Tests conducted so far
#Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Health Ministry urges States/UTs to Mandatorily retest all Symptomatic Negative Cases of Rapid Antigen Tests through RT-PCR
States/UTs to ensure that no Positive Cases are Missed to curb the Spread of Infection
Union Health Ministry has noted that in some large States, symptomatic negative cases tested by Rapid Antigen Tests  are not being followed up by RT-PCT testing.
The Guidelines of ICMR as well as the Union Health Ministry clearly state that the following two specific categories of persons must necessarily be retested through RT-PCR tests:
- All symptomatic  negative cases of Rapid Antigen Tests .
- Asymptomatic negative cases of RAT that develop symptoms within 2 to 3 days of being tested negative.
In this background, the Union Health Ministry and ICMR have jointly written to all the States/UTs and urged them to ensure that the all symptomatic negative cases of RAT are mandatorily retested using the RT-PCR test. This is necessary to ensure that such symptomatic negative cases do not remain untested and do not spread the disease among their contacts. This will also ensure early detection and isolation/hospitalization of such false negatives. It has also been reiterated in the joint letter that while the RAT is being used to increase access and availability of testing in the field, RT-PCR remains the gold standard of COVID tests.
The Union Health Ministry has also urged the States/UTs to urgently establish a monitoring mechanism in every district  and at the State level to follow up such cases. These teams shall analyse details of RAT conducted on a daily basis in the Districts and State and ensure that there are no delays in retesting of all symptomatic negative cases. The aim of States/UTs should be to ensure that no potentially positive case is missed out. They have also been advised to undertake an analysis on a regular basis to monitor the incidence of positives during the RT-PCR tests conducted as a follow up.
Ministry of Defence
Road Connectivity in Ladakh Region
Out of the total length of 297 Km, connectivity has been achieved in256.72 Km in various portions. The present status of Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road is given below:
· Connected Portions
- Km 0 to Km 47.00
- Km 77.78 to Km 79.50
- Km 89.00 to Km 297.00
- Km 47.00 to Km 77.78
- Ø Km 79.50 to Km 89.00
The estimated cost is Rs. 2276.13 crores. The work on this road commenced in 2002 and is likely to be completed by 2025.
The project is funded by Ministry of Defence . The reasons for delay in completion are given below:
· Hard rock stretches.
- Limited working season.
- Limited availability of labour.
· Limited access to Padam.
Due to the strategic requirement the road is entrusted to BRO for construction.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri JamyangTsering Namgyal in Lok Sabha today.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Complaints Against Departments
As per the Centralised Public Grievances Redressal and Monitoring System  data, the details of number of complaints received, disposed and pending against various Central Government Departments since January 01, 2016 till 28.02.2023 is placed at Annex. I.
As per the DARPG guidelines, the grievances received on CPGRAMS shall be resolved promptly as soon as they are received but within a maximum period of 30 days. Government has reduced the standard redressal period of CPGRAMS from 60 days in 2020 to 45 days in 2021 and to 30 days in 2022.
As on 28.02.2023, total of 66,619 grievances are pending on CPGRAMS against Central Government Ministries/Departments. The average disposal time for Ministries/Departments for the month of February, 2023 stands at 18 days against the prescribed standard redressal time of 30 days.
This information was given by the Minister for State for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
MDL pays interim dividend of Rs 92.56 crore for FY 2020-21
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh received an interim dividend cheque of Rs 92.56 crore for Financial Year  2020-21 from Defence Public Sector Undertaking  Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited  in New Delhi on March 03, 2021. Chairman & Managing Director , MDL Vice Admiral Narayan Prasad  handed over the cheque to the Raksha Mantri in the presence of Secretary  Shri Raj Kumar.
With this, MDL has paid a total dividend of Rs 138.73 crore to the Government of India during FY 2020-21 including final dividend of Rs 46.17 crore for FY 2019-20. The company has declared interim dividend of Rs 109.11 crore @ 54.10 per cent of equity capital for FY 2020-21, Government share being 84.83 per cent.
The CMD also briefed Shri Rajnath Singh about the delivery of 3rd Scorpene submarine Karanj, due for commissioning on March 10, 2021 and commencement of sea trials of first ship Visakhapatnam of Project P-15B which is due for delivery later this year.
Ministry of Power
POWERGRID’s Profit After Tax  jumps 11% at ₹15,417 crore; Total Income increases by 9% to ₹46,606 crore for FY23
POWERGRID added 24,900 MVA transformation capacity, 07 sub-stations and 1,676 ckm transmission lines in FY23
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited , a ‘Maharatna’ Company under Ministry of Power, GoI, has announced a PAT of ₹ 15,417 crore and total income of ₹ 46,606 crore for FY23 registering a YoY growth of 11% and 9% respectively over FY 22 .
For Q4 of FY 23, the company posted a PAT of ₹ 4,320 crore on a consolidated basis which is 4% increase over Q4FY22. The total income on consolidated basis for Q4 FY23 rose by 13% to ₹ 12,557 crore compared to ₹ 11,068 crore for Q4FY22.
The Company has proposed a final dividend of 47.50%  in addition to first & second interim dividend of ₹ 10/- per share already paid for the FY23. The total dividend for the year thus amounts to ₹ 14.75 per share which is same as that for the previous year.
The Company incurred a Capital Expenditure of ₹ 9,212 crore and capitalized assets worth ₹ 7,413 crore  on consolidated basis during the financial year. The Company’s Gross Fixed Assets on a consolidated basis stood at ₹ 2,70,107 crore as on March 31, 2023 as against ₹ 2,62,726 crore as on March 31, 2022.
In FY23, the Company along with its subsidiaries added 24,900 MVA transformation capacity, 07 sub-stations and 1,676 ckm transmission lines. POWERGRID has successfully commissioned its 04 TBCB subsidiaries i.e. POWERGRID Rampur Sambhal Transmission Limited, POWERGRID Bhind Guna Transmission Limited, POWERGRID Medinipur-Jeerat Transmission Limited and POWERGRID Bhuj Transmission Limited.
As on 31.03.2023, the total transmission assets of POWERGRID and its subsidiaries stood at 1,74,110 ckm of transmission lines, 272 sub-stations and 4,99,360 MVA of transformation capacity.
During the year, POWERGRID has acquired one Intra State Transmission System and eleven Inter State Transmission System TBCB subsidiaries with an estimated cost of approx. ₹9,500 crore.
The Company continued to maintain high average transmission system availability of over 99.80% in FY23 also. The average transmission system availability in FY23 was 99.82%. POWERGRID has been ranked in the first quadrant for both Line and Substation Maintenance in the International Transmission Operation and Maintenance Study  for 2021-22. Ranking in the first quadrant is indicative of asset maintenance being carried out at low cost with high performance levels.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Delhi
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on a number of hawala operators engaged in the activity of routing and handling unaccounted cash in Delhi region.
The search action has resulted in unearthing of incriminating evidences revealing various shell entities being used for raising bogus purchase/sale bills, and routing of unaccounted funds through several layers of bank accounts. Such shell entities are closed after two months, and new ones are formed.
Further, incriminating documents evidencing suppression of sales and bogus purchases in excess of Rs. 300 crore is detected.
The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs. 14 crore and Bullion worth Rs. 2 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 131Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 21.92 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,31,45,03,460
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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21,92,56,121
More than 131 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 21.92 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Assistance to States Under AIBP
Government of India launched Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme  in the year 1996-97 to provide Central Assistance to States for the major/medium irrigation projects in the Country, with the objective to accelerate implementation of advanced stage irrigation projects held up due to financial constraints. Further, during the year 2015-16, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  was launched, and Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme  was coopted in it. Subsequently, during 2016-17, ninety-nine  on-going Major/Medium irrigation projects , having ultimate irrigation potential of 76.03 lakh hectare, were prioritized in consultation with States, for funding under PMKSY-AIBP in a mission mode.
Details of Central Assistance  provided to states for prioritised projects under PMKSY-AIBP during last three years are as follows:
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Year
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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CA 
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3593.60
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2849.07
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1738.76
Since the launch of AIBP in 1995-96, a total of 297 major and medium irrigation projects have been taken up for financial assistance under it, including the 99 prioritized projects  taken up in mission mode under PMKSY-AIBP in 2016-17. Out of these, 10 medium and major irrigation projects are from Rajasthan.
The present scheme of AIBP under PMKSY, which was originally approved till December, 2019, has now been extended till March, 2021. However financial assistance under the same is restricted to only the identified 99 projects . It does not have provision for inclusion of any new project for funding.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in Lok Sabha today.
Department of Atomic Energy
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, Russian State-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom has offered a more advanced fuel option to Kudankulam Nuclear power plant
First lot of TVS-2M fuel assemblies has been received in May-June 2022 from Russi and loaded in Unit-1 Kudankulamplant and they are performing satisfactorily
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Russian State-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom has offered a more advanced fuel option to Kudankulam Nuclear power plant.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the first lot of TVS-2M fuel assemblies has been received in May-June 2022 from Russian Federation and loaded in Unit-1 and they are performing satisfactorily.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, use of TVS-2M fuel assemblies in KKNPP reactors will allow 18-month operating cycles as against 12-month operating cycle with UTVS Fuel Assemblies presently in use in Unit-2.
The Minister said, Russia had offered a more advanced fuel viz. TVS-2M type in place of UTVS type fuel for use in reactors at Unit 1&2 at Kudankulam. He said after detailed deliberations by experts, considering the better operational performance with TVS-2M type fuel assemblies, it was decided to use TVS-2M fuel in place of UTVS fuel assemblies in Kudankulam Units-1&2.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 157
As New Phase of COVID-19 Vaccination begins, India crosses landmark of more than 80 lakh doses administered in a single day
The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from today. In a landmark achievement, nearly 81 lakh  doses have been administered on the first day of the new phase of COVID-19 Vaccination.
The present phase of vaccination was announced by the Prime Minister on 7th June, 2021. He also gave a clarion call to all citizens to vaccinate themselves and encourage the others who are eligible to take the COVID19 vaccine. Today’s achievement showcases the trust placed by the people of India in the Government in its fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding scope of the nationwide COVID19 vaccination drive. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain. During the month of May 2021, more than 7.9 cr vaccines were available for the nationwide COVID19 Vaccination exercise. These were ramped up to 11.78 cr in June 2021. These include the free supply of vaccines to States and UTs from Government of India, those directly procured by the States/UTs and those directly procured by the private hospitals.
States were provided advance visibility of the vaccine doses available to them in the month of June 2021 by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. This advance information enabled the States to prepare vaccine distribution plans district-wise and COVID Vaccination Centre  wise in an effective manner. This facilitated a massive ramping up of the vaccine administration across the country.
The table below shows the State-wise details of the vaccine doses administered today.
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State/UT
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Today
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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783
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Andhra Pradesh
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47328
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Arunachal Pradesh
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12892
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Assam
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330707
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Bihar
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470352
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Chandigarh
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6738
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Chhattisgarh
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84638
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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4176
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Delhi
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76216
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Goa
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15586
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Gujarat
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502173
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Haryana
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472659
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Himachal Pradesh
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98169
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Jammu and Kashmir
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32822
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Jharkhand
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82708
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Karnataka
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1067734
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Kerala
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261201
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Ladakh
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1288
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Lakshadweep
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289
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Madhya Pradesh
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1542632
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Maharashtra
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378945
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Manipur
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6589
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Meghalaya
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13052
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Mizoram
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17048
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Nagaland
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9745
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Odisha
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280106
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Puducherry
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17207
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Punjab
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90503
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Rajasthan
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430439
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Sikkim
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11831
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Tamil Nadu
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328321
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Telangana
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146302
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Tripura
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141848
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Uttar Pradesh
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674546
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Uttarakhand
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115376
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West Bengal
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317991
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Daman and Diu
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4374
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Total
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80,95,314
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways enters into Memorandum of Cooperation & Memorandum of Understanding with Government of Russian Federation
Memorandum of Cooperation :
A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India and the Joint Stock Company ‘Russian Railways’ on the sidelines of India-Russia Summit on 5th October, 2018. The MoC intends to carry forward the activities taken up under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries on 24th December, 2015. The Memorandum of cooperation includes:
- Implementation of speed up gradation project of Nagpur-Secunderabad section ;
- Setting up of single traffic control centre for managing mixed traffic at local level;
- Best practices in freight cargo operation ;
- Development of multi modal terminals ; and
- Exchange of best technologies being practiced by the two countries.
- Training and advanced qualification improvement of Indian railway employees with the involvement of Russian railway-related higher education establishments.
The cooperation agreement was signed by Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani from Indian side and Mr. Oleg Belozerov, CEO & Chairman of Russian Railways.
Memorandum of Understanding :
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation for development of cooperation in transport education. The MoU aims at providing organizational and methodological support to higher educational institutions implementing joint projects in the field of transport education of both countries. It also envisages cooperation between Russian University of Transport and the National Rail Transportation Institute, Vadodara to jointly organize educational transport seminars, including participation in shaping their themes, facilitating the search for partners, organizing mutual visits and preparation of methodical and regulatory documents.
The cooperation agreement was signed by Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani from Indian side and H.E. Mr. Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to India from Russian side.